Defenition of the word contempt

• Defenition of the word contempt

  • The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless.
  • a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
  • lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  • a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
  • open disrespect for a person or thing
  • lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

Synonyms for the word contempt

• • disdain
  • disrespect
  • scorn

Hyponyms for the word contempt

• • contempt of Congress
  • contempt of court
  • fleer
  • leer
  • sneer

Hypernyms for the word contempt

• • discourtesy
  • dislike
  • disobedience
  • disrespect
  • noncompliance
  • rudeness

See other words

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  • What is meant by scofflaw
  • The lexical meaning jeer
  • The dictionary meaning of the word scoffing
  • The grammatical meaning of the word scoffed
  • Meaning of the word holdover
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word ridicule
  • The origin of the word holds
  • Synonym for the word disparagement
  • Antonyms for the word scorned
  • Homonyms for the word derides
  • Hyponyms for the word sneer at
  • Holonyms for the word belittle
  • Hypernyms for the word scornfulness
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word scornful
  • Translation of the word in other languages scorning